Improvement in quilting-frame



v I I l NPETERS, PHDTO-LTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D C mulini( gieten @tutti demise,

GEORGE jC. WINTE'RS, OF WI'NFIELD, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNGR TO HIMSELF ANDEDWIN lMILLER, OF SAME PLACE.Y

Lette/rs Patent o. 93,784, dated'A'ug/fuvst 17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN QUILTING-FRAME.

The Schedule referred to yin these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all` whom it may conce/rn.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE CLWIN-'rnns7 of Winfield, in the State of liIicbigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting-Frames; and I do hereby declare that the vfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whichlFigure l is a plan view.

Figure 2, a view of. a port-ion of one end.

Figures 3 and 4, details.

The object of my invention is to make a qniltingframe, easily adjustable and self-supporting, and which while in use, can be readily pnt away with vuncompleted work upon it, and which, when not iu use, can be y taken to pieces and made to occupy a small space.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I proceed to describe its construction'and operation.

'Ihe endspieces of the frame are each made in two parts, A B. They should be, for ordinary use, about seven feet long, and two inches square.

The former, A, is partly hollow, or has a hole in the inner end thereof', indicated by dotted lines, to receive the inner end, b, oi' B,.which is made so as to lit therein.

I thus provide a way inrwhpich the frame can bel vent the parts A B from slipping off froruthe ends of Y C C', but do not prevent these from being turned asA may be necessary, the hooks d being' loosely secured to A and B, as shown.

The two parts, A B, are held together bythe thumbscrews e. Y

The frame is supported by four legs, D, one at each corner, which are hinged to the frame, as shown at k, in iig. 2, the end-pieces itting into a notch in the upper end of Ythe legs, while the legs are held in position by pins i passing through the same, and through the end-pieces.

` c e are spring-catches, by means of which and notches h, in the rollers C C', they are prevented from turning except in one direction.

. In use, the work is secured to the several parts of the' frame in the usual manner, except that stitches or threads must pass around b. The frame can be drawn, apart as far as necessary and held by the thumbscrews e.

When such portion -has been quilted as can be reached, the thumb-screws can be loosened, the completed work can be rolled upon the rollers G C' by turning the saine, and the sides or rollers will at the same .time be drawn toward each other, b passing into the holes in A; and this can be repeated as often as necessary.

If desired, the work can he put away during its progress, by simply turning the legs up against the frame, and placing the frame by the side of the rooln,

or elsewhere; and when not in use, the frame can be easily taken to pieces.

Listing or tape may be fastened to the rollers and to the square portions -ot the end-pieces, to which to secure the work.

The rollers may be held in place by pins instead of hooks; and the legs can be secured by hooks instead of pins.

I usually makeA and B of the saine-length, that is, each about three anda half feet long, and so arrange the end-pieces that the pieces Bare at diagonal corners.,

The end-pieces A B, instead ofbeing made as shown, that is, one entering the other, may overlap each other and be secured by suitable clips and thumb'screws; but I do not regard this form as desirable, as it is more diflicult properly to secure the legs.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim yas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows: Y

The adjustable end-pieces A B provided with the setscrews e, in combination with the rollers C C', hooks or pins d, ratchet c h., and hinged legsD, substantially as and for thepurposes speoied.

GEORGE C. WINTERS.

Witnesses WM. RYAN, $.15, MILLER. 

